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512981

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	World War II: Medals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many medals have been issued to men conscripted into UK coal mines under the Bevin Boys Veterans Badge scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	33967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Since 25<sup>th</sup> March 2008, when the first Bevin Boys Veterans Badge was issued, to the end of March 2016 the Department has issued just over 5,100 Badges to former Bevin Boys and their widows, where their husbands passed away after the Badge was announced on 20 June 2007.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:32:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

513054

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Power Stations: Pembrokeshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding her Department has provided for security at energy sites in Pembrokeshire in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	33971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes the security of the energy sector very seriously and DECC works closely with industry, the police and the relevant agencies in order to make sure of a robust and proportionate security regime at energy sites across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>For reasons of national security it would not be appropriate to provide specific details about protective security programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/04/2016 12:38:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

512983

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many small nuclear reactors her Department plans to order over the Spending Review 2015 period.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	34048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>Small modular reactors (SMRs) are a relatively new technology for civil nuclear power generation and whilst a small number of bespoke “small” reactors have been built and operated, no true SMRs have yet reached demonstration or deployment.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2015 Government announced it would launch a competition to identify the best value SMR design for the UK. In March 2016 the first phase of the competition was launched. This phase will include structured engagement with technology developers, utilities, potential investors, funders and other parties interested in developing, commercialising and financing SMRs in the UK to inform subsequent stages of the competition. This is the beginning of a process that will enable bids from interested parties in subsequent phases of the competition.</p><p> </p><p>As we are still in the early stages of the competitive process no decision has yet been made on a potential SMR design or levels of deployment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/04/2016 13:50:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

487148

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Housing: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2016 to Question 26458, how much investment in energy efficiency measures (a) was made during the last Parliament and (b) will be made during this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	32639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Government policies supported investment of around £7.4bn on energy efficiency measures<sup>1</sup> over the last parliament.</p><p> </p><p>This included spending of:</p><p> </p><p>£2.9bn on ECO and the Green Deal<sup>2</sup></p><p>£3.8bn on CERT</p><p>£0.7bn on CESP<sup>3,4</sup></p><p> </p><p>During the course of this parliament, Government policies are expected to support investment of around £3.6bn. This includes spending of<sup>5</sup>:</p><p> </p><p>£1.7bn on ECO<sup>6</sup></p><p>£1.9bn on ECO’s successor<sup>7</sup></p><p>£0.1bn on the Green Deal<sup>8</sup></p><p> </p><p>The planned level of spend this parliament reflects Government’s desire to minimise the impact of energy efficiency policies on consumers’ energy bills, reduce reliance on subsidies, and set long-term policy frameworks. Government intends to focus investment on the households that need it most, with the aim of tackling the root causes of fuel poverty.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to deliver our schemes more efficiently by reducing administrative complexity. This will improve the overall value for money and ensure as much of the cost of the schemes as possible goes towards delivery.</p><p> </p><p>A reformed domestic supplier obligation (ECO) from April 2017 will upgrade the energy efficiency of over 200,000 homes per year for the 5 years to 2022, tackling the root cause of fuel poverty. Our extension of the Warm Home Discount to 2020/21 at current levels of £320m per annum will also help vulnerable households with their energy bills.</p><p> </p><p>Together through ECO and Warm Home Discount we will be spending nearly £1 billion a year helping with energy bills. We expect to increase our spending focused on fuel poverty from April 2017 and again in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to focus our efforts through ECO and WHD more effectively on the fuel poor, and will be consulting on our future approach in the forthcoming months.</p><p> </p><p><em>Footnotes: </em></p><p><em>[1] Supporting costs by measure type are not available, so it is not possible to provide spend on insulation measures specifically. </em></p><p><em>[2] Source: Green Deal and ECO stats <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-february-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-february-2016</a> </em></p><p><em>[3] Please note that as CERT ran from April 2008 – December 2012, and CESP from Sept 2009 – December 2012, these include some spend prior to 2010. </em></p><p><em>[4] Source CERT Evaluation <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-carbon-emissions-reduction-target-and-community-energy-saving-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-carbon-emissions-reduction-target-and-community-energy-saving-programme</a> (figures adjusted for inflation)</em></p><p><em>[5] Figures may not add up to £3.6bn due to rounding. </em></p><p><em>[6] Estimated ECO spend (April 2015- March 2017), as reported Future of the energy supplier obligation IA <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373650/ECO_IA_with_SoS_e-sigf_v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373650/ECO_IA_with_SoS_e-sigf_v2.pdf</a>. Note that suppliers over delivered against their ECO 1 targets (January 2013- March 2015), so actual spend by suppliers may be lower than estimated in the IA. Figures are adjusted for inflation. </em></p><p><em>[7] Supplier spend consistent with the 2015 Spending Review announcement <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479749/52229_Blue%5b_Book_PU1865_Web_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479749/52229_Blue[_Book_PU1865_Web_Accessible.pdf</a> (page 39). </em></p><p><em>[8] Based on estimated Green Deal plans, Green Communities, and Green Deal Home improvement Fund spending from May 2015 to April 2020. </em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:26:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 54517 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

512541

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions her Department has had with EDF on board approval for the proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor since 30 March 2016; whether her Department has identified people who oppose that scheme on the board of EDF; and whether EDF has informed her Department of the date on which a meeting will be held to make a final investment decision.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	33750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We are in close contact with EDF regarding the Hinkley Point C project. EDF and the French Government have said that EDF are working towards a Final Investment Decision ‘in the near future, with the full support of the French Government’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:29:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

511354

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Geoengineering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the University of Leeds, Bristol and Oxford's studies of the possible effects of geo-engineering on future populations.
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
	uin	33490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department monitors research into geoengineering and is familiar with the outputs of various programmes including IAGP (Integrated Assessment of Geoengineering Proposals; <a href="http://www.iagp.ac.uk/" target="_blank">www.iagp.ac.uk</a>) (conducted by several Universities including Leeds, Bristol and Oxford) and the GGR (Geoengineering Governance Research, conducted by several universities including University of Oxford): <a href="http://geoengineering-governance-research.org/" target="_blank">http://geoengineering-governance-research.org</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Based on these studies and other research we conclude that whilst geoengineering could cool the climate, it may also have unintended effects which could be detrimental to some regions eg in terms of rainfall.</p><p> </p><p>For this reason and other identified risks associated with proposed geoengineering, it is premature to consider geo-engineering as a viable option for addressing climate change. For most geoengineering techniques, current understanding of the costs, feasibility, environmental and societal impacts is limited. The government’s position on geoengineering research is given here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308979/Government_s_view_on_geo-engineering_research.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308979/Government_s_view_on_geo-engineering_research.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:28:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

512979

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Fracking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what protections the Government has put in place to ensure that historic towns are not adversely affected by shale gas extraction.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
	uin	34090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that shale development must be safe and environmentally sound, maintaining the very highest safety and environmental standards.</p><p> </p><p>Any impacts of shale gas exploration proposals on the historic environment are fully taken into account through the planning system. The National Planning Policy Framework explains that when considering the impact of a proposed development on the significance of a designated heritage asset, great weight should be given to the asset’s conservation. Designated heritage assets include World Heritage Sites, scheduled monuments, listed buildings and conservation areas.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has consulted on measures to ensure that hydraulic fracturing cannot be conducted from wells that are drilled at the surface of our most valuable areas, including World Heritage Sites, and we will publish our response to the consultation shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/04/2016 12:37:48 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 56136 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

510045

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on applying lessons learned from statistics on low energy bill debts.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	33454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>DECC officials have meetings with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on a regular basis to discuss market issues.</p><p> </p><p>I welcome the use of smart technology, such as the introduction of keypad electricity prepayment meters in North Ireland, to help consumers manage their bills and reduce energy debt. The rollout of smart meters across Great Britain has the potential to transform customers’ experience in a similar way.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:27:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

512980

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to publish the impact assessment relating to her Department's consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market, published on 1 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	33974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing the responses to the 1 March consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market and will be publishing a Government response shortly. An impact assessment will be published alongside the Government response.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:32:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

511356

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	EU Emissions Trading Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department made of the evidential basis for the capacity for process emissions to be further reduced in cement manufacturing when designing the UK and French government's tiering proposals under the next phase of EU Emissions Trading.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	33512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government supports the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a market-based approach to achieve least-cost decarbonisation and maintain a level playing field across the EU. The Government recognises the large proportion of process emissions within some industrial sectors, such as cement. We have engaged with the cement and other sectors’ bodies to understand the enablers and barriers to deep decarbonisation, including through the joint industry-Government decarbonisation roadmaps, which considered the wider policy context and technological barriers. The proposed tiering scenarios are indicative and do not represent a confirmed Government position.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:28:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham